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Roy Singham argued that the iPhone is not the game changing device that most people claim it to be because his Nokia N95 smartphones can do more and better. The discussion was cut short due to scheduling pressure but it got me thinking, why do people lust after iPhone more than other smartphones?

Check out Faith Hill before and after photoshop...

DIY Life just launched and to celebrate is giving away tools (Dremmel, Makita, among others) and do-it-yourself supplies for the next 30 days. Each day has a different prize and the site already has a ton of good projects to check out too. Site covers tech, home improvement and other topics.

Portugal’s ISO says no room for IBM & Sun in the room ! ?

"Feast your eyes on the greatest pizza ever created! Forget cheese being the only ingredient in a stuffed-crust pizza, Pizza Hut’s new Double Roll sticks hot dog sausages in there too"

Yahoo describes Pipes as “an interactive data aggregator and manipulator that lets you mashup your favorite online data sources”. But what does that mean to the rest of us? This tutorial will take you through the steps to filter the content of one RSS feed (Techmeme) so that content you may have already read isn’t included in your Techmeme feed.

So how addicted are you?

TVease is at it again. They are going to put the worlds first commercially available UMPC built with 7.04 Ubuntu Linux on sale this week. Will come with Gimp, open office, even MythTV front end with MythWeb plug in so you can access your recordings from anywhere. Built with the samsung Q1.

The Pentagon apparently thinks the American people are stupid. Our top military commander, General Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is now suddenly announcing, just in time for the Iraq debate in Congress, that Iraq has suddenly improved amazingly! Even Baghdad, according to Pace, is amazingly safer!

"Who hasn't felt like doing that?" said a police spokesman.

Prerollr, a new product that gives bloggers and other content site owners the ability to monetize embedded videos, launched today.

A tragic tale of stupidity.

If you're a billionaire running out of things to buy, consider a luxury submarine. There are 100 of them, including one owned by Paul Allen. Spending $80 million for a boat that goes underwater in a market where one that doesn't costs $150 million is a deal. The Phoenix 1000 is 4 stories tall, a 65-meter-long blend of a tourist and military sub.

"...after years of debate over whether we have the right olfactory equipment to process pheromonal cues, evidence is mounting that these scents are at work in people."

Rob Swan discusses on A List Apart how to implement flexible dynamic website layouts in CSS with only a small amount of JS applied for IE5/6.

At one of Microsoft's press events, I had a chance to sit down with Peter Moore, the corporate vice president of Interactive Entertainment Business in the Entertainment and Devices Division of Microsoft Corp. This is a very fancy way of saying that Moore is often the public face of the 360.

Advertising can be creative and even purposely funny. But sometimes, an ad on a bad place can have unexpected results! Here is a list of 15 unfortunately Placed Ads.

In what 3D Realms co-founder Scott Miller described as a "sucker punch", the Duke Nukem series developer has come under fire from the Entertainment Software Rating Board due to the use of outdated ESRB imagery on its official website.

Tonight I noticed that the 2nd step has been Ajaxified - meaning you no longer need to land on a Request Confirmation/Skip This Step page. Instead it is an Ajax pop-up. Now, math has never been my strong point -- but doesn't this mean that the normal 3-page process has been whittled down to 1 page? Won't that play havoc with Facebook's precious pag

I bet you can't work it out without reading the solution ...

But Nani has a few things going for it: a large, 4.3-inch touchscreen (yes, a touchscreen!), video playback at 800 x 400 pixels, a MicroSD card slot, Wi-Fi capability, a camera and a TV tuner. Is this the iPhone killer? In Japan… maybe.

"I borrowed a friends car yesterday so I could get some work done on mine. On my way home from the mall I decided to charge my cell phone. The moment I plugged in my charger a zap and some smoke came from behind the stereo, within 25 seconds flambes and melting plastic engulfed the entire dash..."

In a dig at the rhetoric employed by members of the Bush administration in describing the war in Iraq, the Daily Show on Monday examined the "Cirque du Soleil-like contortions" used to spin progress in the war

just click, funny

Fish had disappeared from fossil records 80 million years ago.

I don't know if you've ever tried to kill a bug on a cushioned surface, but they don't die right away. Their exoskeletons are extremely tough, and it usually takes a 'jam, grind, and smear' technique to make sure the deed is done. But this bee didn't die and immediately disappeared under my a**...

Ever since we got our first glimpse at Home this past Spring, the internet went a buzz with speculation if LocoRoco was heading to the PS3 due to one of the trophies displayed in the demo avatar’s trophy room being from LocoRoco. It seems that these rumors have been confirmed today by Sony during their Playstation Premier event.

Will begin August 27, with daily episodes available the next day at 5 a.m. PDT.

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was indicted late Tuesday afternoon by a Federal Grand Jury in Richmond, Va., for conspiracy to transport dogs across state lines for the purpose of dog fighting.

Laugh Factory owner Jamie Masada, who witnessed the assault, said, "Jon picked Andy up by the head and smashed him into the bar four or five times, and blood started pouring out of his nose." Lovitz told Page Six, "All the comedians are glad I did it because this guy is a [bleep]hole."

Title says it all.

Ever had to run a huge copy or archiving job in the background while using your computer? Noticed that your background task seemed to make everything else that needed disk access REALLY lag? Learn how to tell Linux to prioritize disk access with ionice.

It is the rare gas giant planet that inhabits the outskirts of its solar system. Most are like our own Jupiter and prefer to stick close to their stars, a new study suggests. The finding, to be detailed in an upcoming issue of Astrophysical Journal, helps give astronomers a better sense of how planets are arranged in the universe at large.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson, who oversaw the degeneration of conditions at the Walter Reed military hospital has resigned. Nicholson’s primary qualification for the VA job was serving as chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1997 to 2000, “raising close to $380 million for the 2000 cycle.”

Several sources suggest announcement happening today.

When it comes to rooting for Barry Bonds to become the home run champion, one factor stands out: race. An AP-Ipsos poll released Monday showed 55 percent of minority baseball fans want Bonds to set the record, while only 34 percent of non-Hispanic white baseball fans hope he passes Hank Aaron's record.

The internet and mobile phones have undermined attempts by China’s secretive rulers to control the news, a senior Communist party official admitted today. He accused local governments of being “too naive” by continuing to suppress damaging information about corruption or about disasters, and urged party members to be more open with members of the

I think the funniest is: Cherrapunji, India : Wettest place on the Earth. What makes it funny is the sign for the post, it's holiday resort? WTF.

All the dangling plot threads left over from the previous six books had better friggin' be answered in this one. Here's Cracked's take.

Steorn's CEO Sean McCarthy, discusses his belief about the potential of Steorn's Orbo technology, his feelings about the scientific community and skeptics at large, and what happens next for the supposed free energy company.